Controversy strikes when Atlanta's oldest Art College starts a merger with Georgia's biggest art college. Many ACA students are disappointed and frustrated with the news of the merger. The students feel they chose a school for all its great qualities and now it's selling out. Going from a school with only bachelor's degrees in 12 areas to 78 degree programs, including master's degrees is a massive change. There are so many differences between the two schools that we do not know how this uproar will end.
Colleges of art may combine "I think what just happened is more like a business proposition, not so much an art school approaching an art school. But it's not just business, this is about 365 student degrees in jeopardy."
Art School Uproar "Many ACA students, faculty and parents, along with national art-college leaders, have condemned the move, saying it "will destroy the ACA's 100-year legacy." "This reduces diversity; it does not increase it," Barret states. " A choice is being eliminated ---the choice to attend a small, intiminate art school."
Woodruff to review art college merger "We are going to fight until the bitter end," Joyner said. "We were promised a future with ACA, and that's not what we're getting."
Art College Merger plan draws protest In leaflets handed out Monday, they referred to the merger as "a hostile takeover and the destruction of a 100-year-old institution that holds higher accreditation status and places a greater emphasis on the fine arts."
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Colleges of art may combine
"I think what just happened is more like a business proposition, not so much an art school approaching an art school. But it's not just business, this is about 365 student degrees in jeopardy."
Art School Uproar
"Many ACA students, faculty and parents, along with national art-college leaders, have condemned the move, saying it "will destroy the ACA's 100-year legacy."
"This reduces diversity; it does not increase it," Barret states. " A choice is being eliminated ---the choice to attend a small, intiminate art school."
Woodruff to review art college merger
"We are going to fight until the bitter end," Joyner said. "We were promised a future with ACA, and that's not what we're getting."
2 Arts Colleges in Georgia Vote to Merge, Despite Protests
"The merger was approved by the center's trustees by a vote of 31 to 4, with two abstentions, Mr. Stanfill said."
Art College Merger plan draws protest
In leaflets handed out Monday, they referred to the merger as "a hostile takeover and the destruction of a 100-year-old institution that holds higher accreditation status and places a greater emphasis on the fine arts."
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